1900s Beauty Standards
Evolution of Beauty Standards (1900s-Now)
The definition of beauty is a view of perfection as a part of aesthetics, culture, social psychology, philosophy, and sociology that is admired by a particular culture. The definition of a standard is an idea used as a model for comparative evaluations. A beauty standard is a popular trend of looks and style that people are expected to be.
In the 1900s to the 1910s there was a very unique sense of fashion. The decade’s body image consisted of being fit. Women were expected to be tall and to have wide hips. A type of style that helped women achieve this look was a “S” shaped dress. They also stayed up to date on the fashion trends. Common fashion trends were hobbie skirts, bloomers, corsets, and bonnet …show more content…
They were expected to have perfect hair and make up all the time along with flawless skin. The style of was hair was short and curly with a few pin ups curls. The style of makeup was foundation to hide blemishes, black lined eyes, drawn on brows, and red lipstick. They wore knee length, swing skirts and big hats. The female body was also made very sexualized due to it being the beginning of the Marilyn Monroe era. Women were expected to have an hourglass body and a full figure.
Another icon inspired the look for the 1960s. “Twiggy” was a supermodel at the time who was super underweight. Women went back to having a boyish figure with no chest and small hips. Makeup in the 1960s consisted of bright eyeshadows like blue and white with heavy, black eyeliner, and big, bold eyelashes. The hair style for the 60s was long, loose curls with high volumized hair. The fashion style was the “hippy” style. High waisted, knee length, and tight skirts with matching jackets. Towards the end of the 60, the hourglass body figure came back, but it didn’t last long.
In the 1970s, thin body image came back. But in the 70s, women weren’t so demanded to look “perfect” all the time. Minimal makeup was except along with long, natural hair. The style for dressing in the 70s was high waisted bell bottom pants and layers of blouses and
The definition of beauty is a view of perfection as a part of aesthetics, culture, social psychology, philosophy, and sociology that is admired by a particular culture. The definition of a standard is an idea used as a model for comparative evaluations. A beauty standard is a popular trend of looks and style that people are expected to be.
In the 1900s to the 1910s there was a very unique sense of fashion. The decade’s body image consisted of being fit. Women were expected to be tall and to have wide hips. A type of style that helped women achieve this look was a “S” shaped dress. They also stayed up to date on the fashion trends. Common fashion trends were hobbie skirts, bloomers, corsets, and bonnet …show more content…
They were expected to have perfect hair and make up all the time along with flawless skin. The style of was hair was short and curly with a few pin ups curls. The style of makeup was foundation to hide blemishes, black lined eyes, drawn on brows, and red lipstick. They wore knee length, swing skirts and big hats. The female body was also made very sexualized due to it being the beginning of the Marilyn Monroe era. Women were expected to have an hourglass body and a full figure.
Another icon inspired the look for the 1960s. “Twiggy” was a supermodel at the time who was super underweight. Women went back to having a boyish figure with no chest and small hips. Makeup in the 1960s consisted of bright eyeshadows like blue and white with heavy, black eyeliner, and big, bold eyelashes. The hair style for the 60s was long, loose curls with high volumized hair. The fashion style was the “hippy” style. High waisted, knee length, and tight skirts with matching jackets. Towards the end of the 60, the hourglass body figure came back, but it didn’t last long.
In the 1970s, thin body image came back. But in the 70s, women weren’t so demanded to look “perfect” all the time. Minimal makeup was except along with long, natural hair. The style for dressing in the 70s was high waisted bell bottom pants and layers of blouses and